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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
Political Corruption in Canada.


1t Is ch0rged against the Canadian
Government that the expenditures upon
public works have been used a. a weap-
ON Of corruption. There i no doubt that
this expenditure has secured for the gov
ernment a large measure of popular sup
port; but Lhat Is surely not inconsistent
with the honest acceptance and approval
OF it by the people The people Of Can
ada posses a magnificent heritage in the
country which has been given them, and
they recognize the duty Of developing it
to the fullest extent Thy find them
selves surrounded by conditions which
render absolutely necessary for that de
velopment the creation OF public works
Railways, canals, harbors. lighthouses,
and 50 on-and they believe these i'm
provements should be undertaken. or at
least assisted, by The public treasury. 1t
may be an unwise policy, but it cannot
be called a dishonest or corrupt policy.
The people have shown their apprecia-
tion Of it by their own direct action, as
well as by the support they have At the
polls to the party which has come 70 be
known as s. the party of progress" Up
ward OF twenty millions of dollars have
been voted by the people in their sever
al counties a. bonuses to railways, recog-
nizing as they do that the decrease in
the cost of transportation other produce
more than compensates for the increased
taxation. The WAY in which the govern
ment aids what may be called local rail-
ways.is i a direct encouragement 10 the
spirit Of self-help. Parliament, at the
suggestion Of the government, grants So
20O a mile a. aid to those railways. That
it Is estimated, Is about sufficient to pro-
cure the rails, leaving the grading and
other work to De lone By the companies
themselves. for which IN many cases
they secure further aid from the local
governments. the municipalities, or both.
But the money is not paid By the gov
eTnment until the several sections. usu-
ally Of ten miles each. have been COM
pleted and accepted by the government
Chief Engineer Of Railways.-Tte Nads-
Ia y the iserior 81 CIaaiI ae..'he forum for
September.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
Solid Beverage Demanded.

In the very hottest part Of an after
noon a son Of Erin entered Woodward
avenue drug store and called for a glass Of
soda water
& What syrup viii you have,~ asked
the clerk.
Limon an lots AZ 1t. he said.
The order was filed, but a. the foam
ing glass was set Oh the counter the Gus
toner stood boxing al it critically aud
made Do s.gn Of taking IT,
drink it, said the clerk drink It
before II spoils.7
Just you keep youreoat on, me Young
man, an I1ltake me time. b. your leave, -
was the answer.
He waited until the beverage was per
feetly fiat and then said
Now just you look at that, The glass
amt half ful III have you understand
you can't do me Out o. my dhrink be
givin' me a lot o. foom. Vow you Sill
that up. me daisy. an dhraw it siow
The clerk complied and the purchaser
drinking the mixture. departed apparent
y satistied.-Dsfr1if Efss Prse.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
Our institutions in Danger.

By the close of of the present century,
and perhaps earlier. there viii be an acre
OF the public domain upon which corn
and wheat can be raised without irrigi-
ton, subject to pre-emption or homestead
entry within the present limits Of the
United States Real estate viii increase
enormously in .alue. Our surplus p0pu-
lation, no longer having the fertile AREA
Of free land over which to diftuse itself
will accumulate in cities. The rich viii
become richer and the poor viii become
poorer The middle class viii gradually
disappear, a. the struggle for existence
becomes fierce and relentless. \ dim
consciousness Of impending peril mas
already penetrated the public mind, and
In obedience to its admOnitions the
Chinese have been excluded with bar-
barous rigor, in violation Of treaties, and
notwithstanding.the sonorous manifesto
of 1868, that repatriation is a natural
and inherent right Of all people and
any declaration, instruction, opinion, or
der, decision of any officer Of the govern
meni which denies, restricts, impairs, OF
questions this right. il inconsistent with
the principles of this government. In
obedience to the same impulse, the ac-
QUESTION Of real estate by aliens has been
rigidly limited Oy act Of congress. The
demand for further legislation in the di-
rection Is imperative and cannot BE- dis
regarded The sophistication Of the ma
tional sufferage By the unrestrained
admission of citizenship Of assisted paup-
ers, fugitive felons, and the avowed
enemies of the social contract, must cease
Our capicity for assimilation isexhausted.
More than one million skilled and un-
skilled laborers are now unemployed, or
employed at wages Inadequate for the
support of themselves and their families
Trade and industry are menaeed by un-
lawful combinations that resort 10 the
destruction of life and property to ae-
complish their designs, and the hour is
approaching when the active coalition Of
/ the conservative forces of the country
will be necessary To prevent destructive
organic changes in our social and poiiti-
cal system. The constant infusion Of
fresh blood is essential 20 national health,
but there is no blood poison 80 fatal as
adulterItion Of race. We are no longer
homogeneous. Unity Of purpose and in
terest does not exist The hordes OF So
cialism and anarchy are openly organized
under the red flag, drilled and armed In
famed by incendiary appeals, denoune-
ing property as robbery, and openly de-
elaring war against all social institution
.s.ssdtor IigalIs, "a The Forum. jar s,4Dtsns-
b,s
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
WHEN LOVE AWAKES.


You say the dear old love is dead
Love does not die, dear heart Of mine;
We may not kiss the sweet lips, red.
No love light in the eyes may shine,
Butlo,e, once born, decreed by fate,
Sleeps transiently or turns 10 hate
And is this hate my own dear heart,
That comes and gently strokes my hair
Hate does not bid the swift tears start
At hasty words, nor does il care
To fondly raise the dropping head
And breathe good cheer Love is not dead.
Ii sleeps, il wanders, wanders far
Beyond the horizon's outmost rim.
Goes blindiy on. from star TO star,
But ryermore comes back TO him
Who worthily will calmly wait.
Loves Weakening comes, you viii not hate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
Girls to be Proud of.

There are two Glasses Of girls who
every one should be proud to know.
The first Is the girl who helps her
mother IN her own home she IS bless
ed little saint and comforter. She takes
unfinished tasks from the tired, stiff fin
gers that falter al their work, her strong
young figure Is a staff upon which the
grayhaired, white faced mother leans
and is Tested.-She helps mother with
Spring sewing. with the weeks mending
with cheerful conversation and congo
NAL eompanionship that some girls DO
not think worth while wasting on only
mother And when there comes dav
that she must bend, as girls must often
bend, over the worn-out body Of the
mother iying uhheeled in her coffin.
rough hands folded, her long disquiet
merged in rest. something very sweet
win be mingled with her loss. and the
girl who helped mother viii find ben
ediction Of peace upon her head and in
ner heart
The girl who works-GOd bless her
is another girl whom I know She l.
brave and active She Is not too proud
TO earn her own living nor ashamed to
be caught at her daily task. She Is
studious and pains taking and patient.
She smiles at vou from behind counter
or d'.k. Their isa memory Of her sewn
into each silken gown. She Is beauti-
fui young Hounta:neer. already far up
the bill, and the sight OF her would BE- 3
fine iTsriration for u all. Il Is an honor
to know this giri-to be worthy Of her
gard. HeF hand laay he stained with
fsrt,sy grease ar printers ink, bat it i
AN honest AAne. II sisy- ni-l ,riune
from many homes it is the one shield
that protects many foriorn little fam
liz from the alinshouse and asylum
brave, polite, refined, noble ambitious
God bless her
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07
DYSPEPSIA.

n that misery experienced when We suddenly
l h-sr1ine aware thai We pnssess diabolical ar
reservoir from which every fibre and tissue mEsi
he noIirshesi and any trouble with il h soon feli
throughout the whole s1s4ern. Anong a dozen
dysperties no tao viii have the same predomi-
nant symptoms. Dyspepiics Of active mental
power and bilious temperament are subject 70
SICK HEADAo9IE; those. heshy and phlegmatic
have CsNsTIPkTfOS. while the thin and nervous
aFe abandoned to GLOOMY FoEEHouISos. some
Gyspepties are wonderfully forge,ful others have
great irritshiIity Of temper
Khatever form Dyspepsia Eoas take. one thing
i certain.
The Underlying Cause is in
the LIVER,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07

What can be worse, said an exaspeF-
ated husband in the middle Of the
night, than teething baby ?" You
are, John, when you have the tooth
ache,s responded the wife.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07

There are very few brass bands in a
military parade that can play as many
airs as the drum major puts on
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07

and Que thing more j. equally cei
VII remain dyspeIsie sho viii
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-09-07

There is a general denial that there
is intimidation or fraud in the South, on
the part of the greater portion of the
Democratic press. There is perhaps no
bulldozing, no Ku-Klux outrages. no shot
gun practice upon negro voters; but this
is because the latter understand that they
are not to exercise the right of sufferage,
and dare not attempt it. If they did,
there would be trouble, and recurrence
of the shotgun and bull-whip regime /
have talked with Southern gentlemen who
freely admitted that this is the actual
state of things, but they excuse them
seves by declaring that the men who
hold property will not allow themselves
to be ruled, by ignorant colored officials
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
CURRENT TOPICS

1t costs the United States 81 900, 900
a year to carry on the war of 1912, even
at this late date.
AS between the dude and his cane at
this writing, the cane seems to have a
trifie the best of it in the shape of head.
The "Age of Women is the title of
a forthcoming magazine. We venture
the prediction that the editor will not
dare to give it away.
You can easily tell a mans politics
is according as he calls the presidents
message 1.-The ablest document since the
war; or ''Cleveland's funeral oration.' -
a western paper says that some edu-
cationalists are questioning the useful
ness of Vassar college. Against them
are arrayed in one solid mass the gum
manufacturers of the country.
VIII Iowa and Kansas farmers have
Chicago brewers arrested for boycotting
their barley ? These guiless grangers
ought to know that it is wrong to raise
grain out of which to make malt and
subsequently the seductive beer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
A State of Surprises.

The Ell Dorado Daily Republican says:
While the general public-the old
settlers and the new ones-are deplor-
ing the fact that we have not had first
class crops III Kansas for year or two,
and are groaning over the low prices of
stock and the still lower prices of farm
products, we will ask permission to say
what will happen in the great state of
Kansas within the shortest possible
time.
FIRsT-We will have big crop year.
We have had an unprecedented crop
year at every recurring presidential
election since 1850. There was '64, '68
10, rs, 80, 'S4, 'S8. Please note the
dates and examine the records.
SECOND-There is coming a great
land boom in the west. The last foot
of wheat and corn land on this CONT
nent subject to homestead and pre-
emption will be taken up on the open
ing of the Indian Territory. That
settles the land question on this cOnti-
nent for all time to come; and with the
good crop year and the opening up of
the territory the greatest of all land
booms will be inaugurated. Five dol
lars an acre farms will go to twenty dol
lars per acre; twenty dollars per acre
farms Will go sixty dollars; fifty dollar
farms will go to hundred.
Did you ever think of the land sit
uation in this country?
THIRD-Within two years loans will
go begging at four or five per cent.
without commission. Within two
years it will not be possible to buy a
good piece of farm land anywhere in
the state at less than from twenty-five
to fiftyper cent. advance on present
prices.
This will settle the mortgage ques-
tion so effectually that it Will never be
heard of again.
found in western Kansas and eastern
| Colorado. Others will be found. The
mountain streams viii be damned. the
water viii be stored in great reservoirs
and in a short time that magnificent
empire VIII boom and blossom like the
rose. If any man is skeptical, if any
man doubts, let him consider Kansas
five years ago and then consider il
now.
1 FIFTH This means another million
| people for the state; it means growth
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
Cooperation.

In this age of combination in all
classes and kinds of business enter
prises it is well to investigate the why's
and wherefores. Why do merchants
form boards of trade? Why do man
ayers of the numerous lines of rail-
road hold frequent meetings for con-
sultation? The nail manufacturers
come together and determine the
amount that each factory shall produce,
and also fix the prices. So, also, the
manufacturers of nearly all the leading
articles. One object of these meetings
is to become more fully informed of the
actual needs of the market, and the
other is to regulate the supply to the
demand and not overstock the market.
The railroad managers calculate the
business that each line will be able to
secure and SO manage the tariff at such
rate as the amount of traffic will bear
The large slaughtering establishments
fix the prices of their finished products
as they think proper to make a change,
and all act in concert and with mutual
understanding. So the wheels move
smoothly along.
Why is it that in agricultural mat
ters. there is SO little co-operation-each
farmer is working out his destiny al
by himself. He appears to live in a
little world bound py the line of his
farm and when outside of that limit he
is on forbidden ground. This is the
condition, except in few limited local
tiles, where cooperation is practiced
and with great success. Those sections
have become noted for producing the
best, and remunerative prices are OBJ
tanned and constantly increasing
demand.
We would like to see full attend
ance at the adjourned meeting of the
farmers institute and permanent Or
ganization effected, which, if vigorous
ly conducted, will bring thousands of
dollars to the pockets of the farmers of
this country. OF this, there can be no
doubt. I'm Union there is strength
and no good reason can be given why
local organizations in the interests of
those products III which the whole
world is interested in more than any
other. For failure in agriculture means
failure in everything. 1t runs the rail-
road trains and moves the factory
wheels.
Prosperous farmers and all the world
feels the beneficial effect. The railroad
wealth is thought to be enormous. The
Goulds and Vanderbilts are supposed
to run and control an amount of wealth
almost incalculable, vast as this wealth
is, farmers are able to buy the whole
outfit, and have lots of money left. Rise
up then to the Importance of your vo-
cation (the feeding of a hungry world)
and unite in ''long pull, a strong pull
and Il pull altogether" FARMER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
All in Half a Century.

The discovery of the electric tele-
graph.
The discovery of photography.
The establishment of ocean steam
navigation.
The annexation of Texas.
The war with Mexico and the ac-
QUESTION of California with the dis
coveries of gold that followed.
The French revolution of 1848.
The rise and fall of Napoleon Ill,
and the establishment of the French
Republic.
The laying of the ocean cables.
The great civil war and abolition of
slavery i'll the United States.
The unifcation of Italy.
The great Franco-German war and
the unifieation of Germany.
The overthrow of the Pope's tempo
raj power.
The emancipation of the Russian
serfs.
The extension of the Russian power
into central Asia.
The discovery of the sources of the
Nile and Niger and the exploration of
interior Africa.
The discovery of the telephone.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
NUMBER 80.
Natural Gas Industry.

t'Few people outside of the natural
gas region" said a large owner of
natural gas wells in Washington
county, Pa, shave any idea what
enormous proportions the gas business
has grown to. 1t may be said to be
only about two years old in western
Pennsylvania, and more than 20O,O
acres of land in Washington and
adjoining counties have been drilled
with gas wells. Nearly 10000 tons
of iron have been used in manufacture
ing pipes through which the FIVE
hundred million cubic feet of gas
that flow from the region daily are
conveyed to the place using it. Over
twenty-five million dollars is invested
in the business by the fourteen organ
lied companies that produce the bulk
of the gas. The land and wells rep
resent an outlay of seventeen million
dollars. The wells now producing
are capable of doubling the quantity
now demanded for light and heat.
Nearly two thousand miles of mains
are required for conducting the hesupply
to consumers. 1t is estimated that
the use of natural gas has displaced
twenty-five thousand tons of coal
daily in western Pennsylvania and
eastern Ohio alone. Besides the
wells controlled by the gas producing
companies, individual owners have
wells for the supply of the smaller
towns, and every village and hamlet
in the region has enough natural gas
running to waste every day to abun-
dainty supply the same number of
towns of ten thousand inhabitants
each with light and fuel. ."-Scie1tifc
american.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29
"Un1ted We Stand"

Are each and every one of the citi-
zens of Great Bend doing their best for
the general interest Of the city? Are
you turning over the experiences of the
past in your own neighborhoOd; are you
comparing those experiences with the
experiences of other towns, and are you
enabled to see something in the future
that must by brought about by united
action? A wise writer has said ''There
is Il slOwness which natures, and slow
ness which rOts.'' Some of our readers
may perhaps have lain upon their oars
and waited for prosperity to come;
waited for the opportunity to present
itself; and having waited, been reward
ed. But, while few men have thus
struck it rich as it were, by the force
of circumstances, many others have
made the opportunities and have reap
ed an earlier reward.
There is not doubt in the minds of
our best men-the men who have had
extensive experience and propose to
profit by it-but that Great Bend has
made a start in the last year which is
but the beginning of her prosperity.
She has had a healthy growth. In
the rush and hurry of the summers
boom she did not, perhaps, have as
many real estate transfers each day as
did some of her near neighbors; nor did
she have as many mortgages recorded
Our business men who spent their
money in substantial buildings did not
go beyond their means. and are not
now, when money is scarce and trade q
little dull. forced to close their doors OF
give up to mortgages the fruits of theil
summers labor.
What we reed now is unity in all
we undertake.; and if every man vii
do his share and work for the same re-
suit the year of 1883 will place us fal
ahead of where We now stand in tn,
scale OF Kansas cities
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29

and health; it means other thousands
of miles of dividend-paying railway;
it means manufactures; it means a
prosperous and self-sustalning people.
The man who can't believe these
things can't believe his senses. We
have proven everything stated above
at least six times in the past thirty
years and we will prove them the sew
enth time in the next five years.
The man who knows Kansas as we
know it, who was witnessed the vari-
GUS stages of progression from prairie
grass and sunshine to an organized
territory; from territory to statehood;
from statehood TO station among the
foremost cOmmonwealths, and has no
faith in the future, is unworthy the
the name of KanSan.
We commenced with nothing and
have made the state what it is. Now
that we have everything there is no
limit to the possibilities of the future.
With next years crops the wheel of
fortune puts land owners on top.
If you doubt these general state
ments take the figures. Compare the
population of any city, and county,
any district of to-day with the popu-
lation of 1882. Take the railway mile
age, taxable valuation, acres under
cultivation, number of stock, and they
all tell the same story-a story of
doubling and quadrupling. Take the
entire state and it tells the same story.
1t is destiny-nothing more nor less
and the man who goes away to find
something better will return broken
hearted next year OF the year after,
and the man who stops to consider
will never catch up.
'Kansas is a state of surprises
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-29

IT WILL be observed the DEMOCRAT
gives in its full summary of the news of
the week, the letter of Governor Martin
concerning the much needed represen-
| tative apportionment of the state, and
an outline of the administrative tariff
reform bill; the nominations sent in by
the President for confirmation by the
senate.
One of the most interesting national
campaigns in the history of America
be one of vast Importance to the demo-
cratic party. 1t is the duty of every
democrat: in Barton county to keep
posted on the events of the day, and we
can assure you that the aim of this pa
per will be to give the fullest and
latest news of interest to its readers.
We would like to know that every dem
ocrat i'll the county took sufficient in
terest in all matters of vast import
ance, and believe they can find no bet
ter medium through which to obtain
such information than the DEMOCRAT.
Show your paper to your friends;
compare it to the other papers of the
county; send us the local happenings
of yonr immediate neighborhood, SO
that we may be enabled to give the
local as we'll as the general news, and
with such assistance we hope to make
the paper one of the best in the state
of Kansas.
Knowing the scarcity of money at
this time of year, and having family
to support, we will gladly take any
kind of produce, grain or feed, on sub
scription. Start the new year of 1888
with subscription to the BARTON
COUNTY DEMOCRAT, and help to swell
the majority for Grover Cleveland i'll
1888.